Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subclavian artery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables: sub-cla-vian artery
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A paired artery of the upper thorax which passes beneath the clavicle and mainly supplies the upper limb, and continues as the axillary artery at the lateral border of the first rib.

Example Sentences

"Glass from the shattered side windows had lodged itself quite deep between Lia’s shoulder blade and collar bone, just missing the subclavian artery."

Inflected Forms

subclavian arteries (plural)

Synonyms

arteria subclavia

Questions

What does subclavian artery mean?: A paired artery of the upper thorax which passes beneath the clavicle and mainly supplies the upper limb, and continues as the axillary artery at the lateral border of the first rib.

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